Shakespeare in Love delights with unconventional methodsLove in all its wonderful, terrible, and complex forums is presented in Shakespeare In Love, a play using scenes from Shakespeare’s various works, showing both the light and dark sides of being in love. Directors Ian Case, Kate Rubin and Karen Lee Pickett guide an engaging cast though the historic Craigdarroch Castle in this unique performance. […] Continue Reading |
Camosun students use candy-grams to help African orphanageStudents at Camosun College are planning a Valentine’s Day candy-gram service that will not only raise the spirits of that special someone on campus, but also raise awareness and funds for an orphanage in Tanzania, Africa. Second-year sociology students Carly Charlebois, Amanda Roberts, and Ashley Pollari are undertaking the candy-gram service for a service-learning project […] Continue Reading |
Concert review: Oakland hip-hop vets Zion I bring house down Victoria at Club 9One9A common misconception, at least among the older generations, is that hip-hop is angry and hard, even negative. Oakland hip-hop crew Zion I proved on their recent stop in Victoria that this is simply not the case. In fact, their smooth performance in front of a generous Wednesday night crowd at Club 9one9 was all […] Continue Reading |
Speaking in Tongues uses unique techniques to entertainSpeaking in Tongues begins with a seductive dance between two couples on stage; Jane is married to Pete, Sonja to Leon. Jane and Sonja unknowingly swap husbands and engage in a one-night stand. As each couple’s infidelities unfolds, the on-stage chemistry becomes overwhelmingly powerful, just enough to make a girl blush. Even though you want […] Continue Reading |
The devil is in the details for Twisted TheatreA time before YouTube. A time before the internet. A time even before television. This is the stage upon which This is Twisted Theatre presents their unique performances: live readings of classic radio plays. On February 1 and 2 the troupe performed The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the second installation of Douglas […] Continue Reading |
Gabrielle Bernstein may cause miraclesDepending on who you ask, she’s now a messenger, translator, and spiritual leader. Some even call her a spiritual lexicon. But, like most leaders, it took a hard journey for her to get here. Gabreille Bernstein spent her early twenties partying at New York nightclubs and quickly fell into the lifestyle of living fast-paced and […] Continue Reading |
Real-life super-heroine comes to Victoria Film FestVeteran comic book author Trina Robbins has spent the past 30 years battling against misconceptions in order to truly forge a place for super-heroines alongside their male hero counterparts. Robbins’ work on female-led titles like Wonder Woman and the first all-female comic, 1970’s It Ain’t Me Babe, as well as her books on other female […] Continue Reading |
Cineplex screens classics flicks on digital screensJaws. Raiders of the Lost Ark. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Goodfellas. An American Werewolf in London. Pulp Fiction. Imagine if those were just some of the choices for a night at the movies, instead of whatever pap is playing at the local Cineplex these days. On February 1-7, Cineplex has put together a cross-Canada movie […] Continue Reading |
Federal government gives $2.56 million to Camosun tradesTrades programs at Camosun got an injection of funds on January 22 when they received $2.56 million from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WEDC). At an announcement held at the Interurban campus, Camosun president Kathryn Laurin, vice president of strategic development Tom Roemer, and the minister of state for WEDC, Lynne Yelich, announced the funding, as […] Continue Reading |
Concert review: Nelly Furtado stinks up joint at Victoria’s Save-on-Foods CentreOkay. Deep breath. Canadian songbird Nelly Furtado’s performance at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on January 8 was special. Very special. The kind of special that makes you want to kill yourself. Now-deceased tyrannical Lybian leader Moammar Gadhafi got a full dose of Nelly when she and other pop stars like Usher and Mariah Carey played a […] Continue Reading |
